What should have been an easy victory for Kristina Keneally has turned into one of the election’s most competitive,personal and dirty battles.
Critics swiftly refuted the PM’s claim,made while campaigning with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke,that the government could not issue visas to the family.
The Labor leader says the Liberals need to consider the impression their ads making fun of his surname have on multicultural voters.
Pierce Field claims he was unfairly dismissed by Kristina Keneally’s office and a Fair Work Commission judge believes he was denied a right of reply.
Two people accused of sending threats of violent acts to Labor senator Kristina Keneally have had their matters heard in court for the first time.
The young cadres aren’t the only ones angry at the way the Liberal Party in NSW has picked its candidates.
The opposition will announce plans to end the nation’s dependence on short-term visa holders and make it easier for foreign workers to gain permanent residency.
Labor senator Penny Wong has said she will not “return anger with anger” over the death of Kimberley Kitching in a parliamentary tribute to the late senator this morning.
It is something both sides of politics do:recruit high-profile candidates to attract the attention of voters who might be wooed by a name they know. Kristina Keneally and Andrew Charlton are just the latest examples,but they have stirred debate about Labor’s commitment to diversity.
New Zealand will accept 450 refugees from Australia under a three-year deal,which independent senator Jacqui Lambie says was part of a promise Scott Morrison made her.
It seems beyond question that Kimberley Kitching was not treated favourably by her senior Senate colleagues Penny Wong,Kristina Keneally and Katy Gallagher,the group she privately dubbed the Mean Girls